iortiz
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All teams have ?, but right now I see more question marks in our team than DET, Tex, NY, LAA and probably TB. As I said, Hopefully you are right E1.
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Thanks for the advise Fred . You'll make 100 and more Fred, you'll see. This team is a move away to be a very competitive team next year, and being considered a solid/serious 1-4 in the AL. Right now, unfortunately I just do not see that, if we go like this of course. I really hope that E1 is right this time and I'm wrong.
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The margin of error that we won't be able to handle is if we lose one of those three (injuries/underperform). That scenario will be the Armageddon for this team if we go like this, regardless 4-5 are already huge ?/BP is a mystery without Aceves and Bard. On the other hand, if you bring another SP, you will likely be able to balance that loss. Hell, why leave the door wide open for huge risks if you can fix it with a simple move.
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This is what I'm fu#%^] talking about. Land the goddamn pitcher. :thumbsup:
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Look what they have done thus far. (of course, everything can change) They Sign Ortiz 14+- Sign Ross 3 Sign Miller 1 (trying to sign a SP) 5+ BL 23+- My strategy Let Walk Miller Let walk Ortiz Keep Scu 7.5 Sign Buehrle 55/4 or plan B sign Kuroda/Oswalt 10 Plan C 20/2 Jackson (or something) Sign Ross 3 Sign Wheeler 3 Share the DH load with Lav/Aviles/Sweeney/Youk Worst case scenario 26 (Buehrle) Bets case scenario 22 (Kuroda/Jackson/Oswalt) Let's say that you go with the worst case scenario... Are you really going to risk a whole season for 3 MUSD? A 180 MUSD team is going to risk a whole season for 3 MUSD? Is JH going to put in risk a sold out/sponsors/etc for 3 MUSD? ***The only reason/justification could be stay under the cap, fine... but if we are/will end over the cap anyway, for God's Sake, 3 MUSD shouldn't be the show stopper. I'm not saying that it is easy, but we have thoughts as well and we all here have great ideas too..... in the end it is only my opinion...but this scenario is very affordable and could give u more chances to compete next season. IMO
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You have to minimize the risk early. Now. Going like this, you leave the door wide open. Buchy has not pitched in a year or something. Lester and Beckett are prone to injuries. Bard and Aceves are a huge question marks... some say, another option is wait till LTD. Why wait untill LTD? Minimize the risk now!, win more games now!... Be proactive, no reactionary, regardless who knows what is going to be available by then...
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That's exactly the problem, last 3 years we haven't shown that (healthy rotation), hence we need another SP. As I said, we have to learn from the past, otherwise we will walk in a very thin line.
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Yup. Going like this, we will likely be an unbalanced team again. A solid offense and huge question marks in pitching. IMO.
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I do not share this. With this perspective, you reduce your possibilities. You need to monitor other divisions as well, look.. 1. Current Division scenario. You need to beat NY and TB and who knows? TOR could be a surprise. Today, I see NY above us and TB maybe is at the same level. 2. Current WC scenario. The other oportunity would be the wild card. You will likely compete with LAA, TB and probably another unknown team. (on paper, of course) I would base my strategy in both, 1. try to win the division (unlikely today) and as plan B win the WC (likely). Once in the PO, you never know.
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I've been saying that we are a 5-6 team in the AL right now. On the other hand if we bring the SP, I see our team ending (3-4). I've been saying that the AL next year will be very competitive and even 1-3 wins could make the difference between go/no-go to the POs, and this SP could give us that kind of improvement (1-3). Going like this, we almost do not have margin of error. If one of our 1-3 hurts/underperform we will be in serious trouble. But again, that is only how I see the things, hopefully I'm wrong.
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Yup, one thing is on paper and another thing is what is going to happen in reality, nobody is disputing the opposite. I do not find out my argument weak.
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So?
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Mike and Fred are great guys, I bet that if Fred join us in July, Mike and him will be very good friends, and who knows? Probably he could teach us some nicknames.
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mmm... Let's say that he goes to STL and he performs solid. How long/much could be this future-contract? How old is he?... He announced his retirement a month ago, didn't he?...sox and STL already offered 5 M (according with media) and now he just refused 10 M?... c'mon! My point is... Out there are a lot of contradictions about Oswalt.
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I did not know it, but It is clear to me that he knows a lot about the game.
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IMO he knows a lot about the game.
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That's the problem with this guy, reason why he has had a lot of problems with several posters. Hell, I have agreed with him a lot of times as well, and he has great ideas but he is kind of annoying when he insults other posters. I do not like that. Hopefully he changes his attitude.
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BPEF is a very friendly, nice and intelligent poster. He is not a problem at all.
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Well, a lot experts/analyst/polls/betting firms put us in that seed. I agree with them. if we go like this, IYO, What is our rank, then?
